Medievalists.net » Jacob Sprenger http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 How Witches Looked in Medieval Art http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/13/witches-looked-medieval-art/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/13/witches-looked-medieval-art/#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2014 06:30:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54760 I recently visited the British Museum and enjoyed their Witches and Wicked Bodies exhibit which runs until January 11th, 2015. It displays art depicting witches from the middle ages up to the late nineteenth century. This post looks at a few late medieval interpretations of witches and the artists behind these works.

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